Kissinger! How do we explain Kissinger? Prominent during Nixon's White House and the Vietnam War and now involved with Bush and the Iraq War. This is scary how the ghosts of the past are involved with the ghost of the present day too.
"Military victory is no longer possible in Iraq, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said in a television interview broadcast Sunday.
In a wide ranging interview on British Broadcasting Corp. television, Kissinger presented a bleak vision of Iraq, saying the U.S. government must enter into dialogue with Iraq's regional neighbors - including Iran- if any progress is to be made in the region."
This also goes back to Vietnam. Suddenly they admit they've been listening to him and want to know what he thinks. But remember that Kissinger wanted to go in and was cheering the war on and calling it successful. Yet, now he says he already knew all this. Check out his past comments (Hattip to Dianne):
- Democracy is out of reach for Iraq.- Iraq is not a nation yet - it's three.- We skipped a step when we supported elections.- We should have had a military general puppet.- We should prevent Jihad not hold elections.- We found out elections sharpen sectarian divisions.- We stayed the course as neocons told Bush we were winning.- We need neighbors to help stabilize Iraq.- We need them to help with sectarian divisions.- We need Syria (supports Sunnis) and Iran (supports Shiites).- We need to tell them they don't want a Taleban-type Iraq.- We are wasting time trying to build democracy.- He supports the Baker Commission & has been around.- He supports the President & this is just constructive criticism.- Democracy there would take several administrations.
-"You don't have to be a rocket scientist to know that what we're seeing now would be an odd appearance for a victory," he said.
Kissinger was a once-a-week (minimum) adviser to Bush during the last 6-12 months. His advice centered on the stay-the-course, 'we must win' motto. So it's interesting that in his "tell-all" with the Guardian, he remembers something quite different. Clearly, he has demonstrated in the past a remarkable capacity to remember history as he wishes it had happened and not remembered the reality of what has happened.He has a lot in common with this administration. It doesn't matter the amount of recordings, transcripts, news articles, etc..."He never said...."
Oh the fun of revisionist history! Bush learned it well from him! I wonder how much work it takes to master that sort of doublethink. Just a bit Orwellian-though its not the only Orwellian thing about this administration.
I'm not totally comfortable having this chameleon holding sway over Bush... I mean, it COULD be worse, but still. I dont entirely trust the fellow...
